The first footage of Martin Scorsese's long-awaited reteaming with Robert De Niro in the Netflix movie, "The Irishman," is here.

Netflix dropped the first trailer on Wednesday and it looks to be the makings of another epic Scorsese gangster film.

Based on the Charles Brandt book, "I Heard You Paint Houses," De Niro plays Frank Sheeran, a labor union leader and alleged hitman. Al Pacino plays Jimmy Hoffa, who is known best for being the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and disappearing never to be seen again at the age of 62 in 1975. The movie also stars Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, and Anna Paquin.

This marks the first time De Niro has been in a Scorsese movie since 1995's "Casino."

It's a project that Scorsese and De Niro have been talking about doing for decades and thanks to Netflix's deep pockets — the movie was made for between $173 million and $200 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday— it's finally become a reality.

Robert De Niro slightly de-aged in "The Irishman." Netflix One reason for the major price tag is because of the scope of the story, which will look at the characters over a span of decades. To pull that off, the actors will be de-aged using visual effects. A glimpse of what it will look like is featured at the end of the trailer, which shows De Niro slightly younger as his Sheeran character talks to Pacino's Hoffa character over the phone.

The movie will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on September 27 and will be released theatrically and on Netflix sometime in the fall.

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